


K U LES 



SCHOOL COMMITTEE 



REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



CITY OF LOWELL, 



A D O P T ED JUNE, 1 8 6 7 . 







LOWELL : 
STONE & HUSE, PRINTERS, DAILY COURIER OFFICE, 2] CENTRAL STREET. 

1867. 



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RULES 



SCHOOL COMMITTEE 



REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



CITY OF LOWELL, ^, 



ADOPTED JUNE, 1867, 




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LOWELL : 
8TONE & HUSE, PRINTERS, DAILY COURIER OFFICE, 21 CENTRAL STREET. 

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1867 



GEOEGE E. EICHAEDSON, Chairman. 
SAMUEL W. STICKNEY, Vice Chairman. 
CHAELES MOEEILL, Secretary. 





MEMBEES OP SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 




GEORGE E. Emir arioso v. Ma.vor. 




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Gustavus A. 


Gerry, President of Common Council, 


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James B. Francis, 


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S. TV. Stickney, . 


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John F. Frye, . . . 


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John H. Buttrick, . 


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Bufus Eogers, . . . 


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John A. Goodwin, . . 


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STANDING COMMITTEES. 
On Accounts — Messrs. Eichardson, Gerry, Stickney, Francis and Shaw. 
On School Houses — Messrs. Francis, Gerry, Merrill, Davis and Gage. 
On Teachers — Messrs. Frye, Goodwin, Shepard, Davis and Gage. 
On Eeports — Messrs. Goodwin, Shepard, Buttrick, Eogers and Whitmore. 
On Books — Messrs. Eichardson, Stickney, Frye, Davis, Shaw and Goodwin. 
On Music — Messrs. Stickney, Gerry, Merrill, Davis and Eogers. 
On Salaries — Messrs. Merrill, Stickney, Shaw, AYhitmore and Francis. 



CHAELES MOEPJLL, Superintendent of Public Schools. 

Office in City Government Building. 

Office Hours — One hour after the morning session of schools, and from 2 to 3 o'clock 

Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. 

*The Mayor and President of the Common Council, ex-officiis, together with twelve 
persons elected for the term of two years, (one being elected annually from each Ward,) 
constitute the School Committee. 

Vacancies in the Board are filled by a joint vote of the School Committee and the 
Board of Aldermen in convention. 



RULES 



BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



CHAPTER I. 

Section 1. The School Committee shall meet . . u 

Organization of 

for organization on the first Monday of January, committee, 
at 2 o'clock, P. M. The Mayor shall be Chair- 
man. A Vice Chairman and a Secretary shall be 
chosen by ballot. The following Standing Com- 
mittees shall be appointed : — 1, On Accounts ; 2, 
On School Houses ; 3, On Teachers ; 4, On Re- 
ports ; 5, On Books ; 6, On Salaries ; 7, On Music. 
The Committees shall consist of five members, 
except the Committee on Books, which shall con- 
sist of six. 

A Sub-Committee shall be appointed for each 
school. 

Sect. 2. The regular meetings shall be holden Mee tiDg8. 
on the last Monday in each month, at half-past 
seven o'clock, P. M. 

The Chairman, and in his absence the Vice 
Chairman, may call special meetings at any time, 
and shall call such meetings whenever requested 
in writing by two members. 



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Quorum. 



A majority of the Board shall constitute a quo- 
rum for the transaction of business. 

Unless a quorum is present at fifteen minutes 
after the hour of meeting, the Board shall be de- 
clared to be adjourned. 



THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. Reading the record of previous meeting. 

2. Unfinished business. 

3. Reports of Committees. 

4. Reports and suggestions from the Superin- 
tendent. 

5. Appointment of temporary teachers. 

6. New business. 



Questions of 
order. 



DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN. 

Sect. 3. The Chairman shall call the Board to 
order at the hour appointed. He shall preserve 
order ; put to vote all motions made, unless the 
same shall be withdrawn by the mover before any 
amendment or action thereon ; decide all ques- 
tions of order, subject to an appeal ; declare all 
votes, and, on the demand of three members, take 
Yeas and nays, ^ e question by yeas and nays. He shall appoint 
special com- -q S p ec j a ] committees unless otherwise ordered, 

mittees. l 7 

and in all other matters cause to be observed the 

rules usually adopted in deliberative assemblies. 

He may require any motion to be put in writing. 

pnviicds:edmo-^y-j ienever a q Ues ti n is pending, he shall receive 

no motion but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for 
the previous question, to postpone to a day cer- 
tain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefi- 
nitely — which several motions shall have preced- 



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ence in the order here arranged. When a ques- Motion to re- 
tion has been decided, any member voting in the c0 
majority may move a reconsideration at the same 
or the next subsequent meeting. In the latter 
case, such motion shall not prevail unless sus- 
tained by a majority of the whole Board. 



DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 

Sect. 4. The Secretary shall record the pro- Records, 
ceedings of the Board in a permanent record book ; ^' 2 s 2 * at "' ch ' 
give written notice of all meetings of the Board xotice of meet- 
and of committees, and when any matter is refer- 
red to a sub-committee, notify its chairman ; 
transmit all orders of the Board ; give certificates orders of the 
of admission to scholars admitted to the High 
School; give certificates of approbation to appli- certificates. 
cants for schools who have been approved by the 
Board; keep a list of elected teachers, with the Li8t ot T each- 
date of their election, the amonnt of their salary er8, 
and name or number of their school, and issue to 
them notices of their election. He shall prepare ReturDS 
the school returns required by law. He shall Gen - Stat -> ch - 

u J m 40, §4. 

keep the records and papers connected with the 
Board at the office of the Committee, and perform 
all duties usually required of recording and cor- 
responding secretaries, or that may at any time 
be prescribed by the Board. 

DUTIES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Sect. 5. The Committee on Accounts shall Committee on 
examine all bills presented on account of schools, Accounts - 
and approve the same if correct, such bills being 
first certified by the Superintendent or a sub- 



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Committee on 
School Houses. 



Committee on 
Teachers. 



Gen. Stat., ch. 
38, § 23, 24. 



committee, and presented to the Secretary one 
week before the end of each term. 

Sect. 6. The Committee on School Houses 
shall have the general oversight of the same, and 
of the arrangements for warming and ventilating 
school rooms ; see that the several school houses 
and appurtenances are kept in good condition, and 
make such recommendations as to building and 
repairing as the interests of the schools require. 

Sect. 7. The Committee on Teachers shall ex- 
amine annually iu the month of February, and at 
such other times as the Board may direct, appli- 
cants for schools who are over eighteen years of 
age, and recommend to the Board suitable persons 
to receive certificates. No certificate shall be 
granted until after a personal examination by the 
Committee. 



Committee on 
Reports. 



Sect. 8. The Committee on Reports shall pre- 
sent to the Board annually, in the month of De- 
Gen, stat., ch. cember, the report required by law for distribu- 
tion. 



40, $ 6. 



Committee on 
Books. 



Gen. Stat., ch. 
38, $ 28. 



Committee on 
Salaries. 



Committee on 
Music. 



Sect. 9. The Committee on Books shall have 
the charge of matters relating to school books, 
and recommend to the Board such new books or 
changes as in their opinion the interests of the 
schools require. 

Sect. 10. The Committee on Salaries shall 
make such recommendations as they deem expe- 
dient in relation to the salaries of teachers and 
others connected with the schools. 

Sect. 11. The Committee on Music shall exer- 
cise a general supervision over this department, 



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and make such recommendations in regard thereto 
as the interests of the schools require. 

Sect. 12. All reports shall be made in writing. Reports. 

DUTIES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES. 

Sect. 13. Every Sub-Committee shall visit 
each of his schools at least once a month, and keep sub-commit- 
himself familiar with its condition ; he shall freely d e u e t 8 ie a s! 
consult and advise with his teachers relative to ? en " s e tat ' ch " 

OS, § -SO. 

discipline, management and instruction. In .cases 
of vacancy or absence, he may employ teachers 
until the next meeting of the Board. He may 
make temporary arrangements for his schools in 
cases not provided for by these regulations, and 
shall report the same to the Board at its next 
regular meeting. 

Sect. 14. Each member of the Board shall 
labor for the improvement of all the public schools, duties of mem- 
and shall assist in the visitations and examinations 
thereof as far as practicable. 



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CHAPTER II. 



SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



Election, &c. Section 1. The Superintendent of Public 
Gen. stat.,'ch. Schools shall be elected by ballot at the first meet- 
ing of the Board, or whenever a vacancy occurs, 
and shall enter upon the duties of his office at 
such time as the Committee may determine. 

Sect. 2. He shall have his office in the School 
Committee Room, and be there each day one hour 
after the morning session of school, and on Wed- 
nesday and Saturday afternoons from two to three 
o'clock. In case of his temporary absence he shall 
notify the Chairman, and make such arrangement 
for the school business as he may deem best. 

Sect. 3. He shall, under the direction of the 
Board, have the care and supervision of all the 
public schools, and shall visit each school as often 
as practicable and carefully examine its condition. 
He shall advise with teachers in reference to in- 
struction and discipline ; pay particular attention 
to the classification of the schools, that there may 
be, so far as practicable, a uniform course and 
system pursued in the different schools of the 
same grade; see that the prescribed text-books 
are used and studies pursued — and none others 
— raid that the standing Regulations and all 
orders of the Board respecting the schools, are 
carried into effect. 



Office and of- 
fice-hours. 



Absence. 



General duties. 



Visit schools 



Advise with 
teachers. 



Classification. 



See to books 
and studies, &c 



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Sect. 4. He shall exert his personal influence 
to secure a general and regular attendance, and E( i ualize the 

° ° ^ numbers in 

shall equalize, as far as may be, the numbers in the schools. 

different schools of the same grade. He shall 

have the direction and control of the transfer of Transfer sch0] - 

ars and sign 

scholars from one school to another of the same certificates. 
grade, and sign the certificates therefor. In mak- 
ing transfers, he shall especially regard the 
numbers in the schools and the residence of the 
scholars. In doubtful cases, he shall consult the 
appropriate Sub-Committees. He shall take meas- 

Take cogni- 

ures to prevent truancy and non-attendance, and zance of truan- 
cause delinquents to be reported to the proper to officer^ 01 
officer. He shall endeavor to secure the observ- children in 
ance of the laws concerning the employment of™*™^^ 
children in manufacturing corporations. 9 Met - 562 - 

Sect. 5. He shall keep himself familiar with 
our school system and the general progress of edu- 
cation. He shall attend all meetings of the Board, Attend meet " 

ings of the 

and, when called upon through the Chairman, com- Board, and give 

, . n . , -. information. 

municate such information as he may have upon 



ssist standing 



the subject under discussion. He shall, when A 
requested, attend the meetings of the standing ands P ecial 

x ° ° committees. 

or special committees and render them such service 

as may be required. He shall keep a list of the Keep a list 

. of applicants 

candidates who, at the last previous annual exami- for schools, 
nation or at any subsequent examination, were 
awarded certificates of qualifications to teach, which 
list shall show the age, rank, residence and such 
additional facts as may be known to him respect- 
ing the character, experience and other qualifica- 
tions of the applicants. He shall assist the several Assist sub- 
Sub-Conunittees and advise with them as to the 
condition of their schools. 



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Annual report. He shall prepare and present to the Board dur- 
ing the month of December a general report of 
his labors for the year, accompanied by such sta- 
tistical tables, and suggestions as to the improve- 
ment of the schools, as he may deem advisable. 

Examine bins. Sect. 6. He shall receive and examine all bills 
of which this Board takes cognizance, and, if found 
correct, so certify and present the same to the 

Attention to Committee on Accounts. He shall pay particular 

school-houses, attention to the school houses, yards and appurten- 
ances, and to the methods of heating and ventila- 

siight repairs, ting. He may cause any slight repairs, immedi- 
ately needed, to be made by the proper officer. He 

compute aver- shall annually, in the month of December, com- 

schoiar. pute the average expense per scholar in the High, 

Grammar and Primary Schools. He shall open 
an account with each school, in a book kept for 
that purpose, of the items of expense incurred. 
He shall ascertain all the facts with respect to 

Nonresident non-resident pupils and pupils of non-resident 
parents, and report the same to the Board. 

Sect. 7. He shall, under the advice and direc- 

Examine candi- tion f the Board, examine the candidates for pro- 
dates for Gram- 
mar schools, motion from the Primary Schools and cause the 

proper transfers to be made, provided such trans- 
fers shall receive the sanction of the Sub-Commit- 
Assist in exam- tees. In the examination of candidates for ad- 
IchooL f ° r Hlgh mission to the High School, he shall render such 
assistance as may be required of him by the Sub- 
Committee of that school. 

Keep blanks, Sect. 8. He shall keep a supply of the blanks 
required for the use of the Committee, teachers 
and himself; furnish to the order of teachers such 



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blanks, registers, blank books, text books and sta- 
tionery as he may deem necessary; receive the Record teach . 
reports from teachers, and classify and record them ers ' re P° rt9 - 
at the end of each term. He shall procure the p r0C ure medals 
medals and diplomas to be awarded under the and diplomas - 
rules, and cause them to be properly inscribed. 



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CHAPTER III. 



KEG-ULATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS. 



SCHOOL TERMS. TEACHERS' ELECTIONS AND THEIR DUTIES. 



School year. 



Terms. 



Vacation. 



Holidays. 



School Hours. 



Section 1. The school year shall commence 
on the first Monday in September, and consist of 
four terms : The First ending with the Saturday 
next before Thanksgiving Day ; the Second with 
the third Saturday in February ; the Third with 
the second Saturday in May, and the Fourth with 
the last Saturday in July. 

Sect. 2. There shall be only the following va- 
cations and holidays : One week from the end of 
the first, second and third terms ; and from the 
end of the fourth term to the commencement of 
the next school year. Christmas day, Fast day, 
the Fourth of July, the Twenty-second of Febru- 
ary, and every Wednesday and Saturday after- 
noon. 

Sect. 3. The school hours from March first to 
October thirty-first, inclusive, shall be from 8 1-2 
to 11 1-2 o'clock, A. M., and from 2 to 5 o'clock, P. 
M.; from November first to the last day of Febru- 
ary, inclusive, from 9 to 12 o'clock, M., and from 
1 1-2 to 4 o'clock, P. M. Teachers may, how- 
ever, detain a pupil for a reasonable time .after the 
regular hour for dismissing school, either for pur- 



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poses of discipline or to make up deficient les- 
sons. 

Sect. 4. In the month of Julv or the first 
week in August, annually, the Board shall elect by 
ballot the teachers of the several schools of the city 

J Election of 

for the ensuing school year. No teacher shall be Teachers. 
elected at any other time, except that on the last 38 , §23,^4.° 
Monday of December, the Board may elect teach- 4Cush - 601 - 
ers to fill existing vacancies, and such teachers • 
shall receive pay as permanent teachers until the 
close of the next school year at the rate provided 
for the first school year's service. 

Teachers are responsible to this Board for the 
faithful discharge of their duties, and subject to Removal - 

° , J Gen. Stat., ch. 

removal at any time. 38, §25. 

There may be a Teacher of Penmanship, who 
shall give instruction in Book-keeping and Pen- Teacher of pen- 
manship in the High and Grammar Schools, and m< 
whose duty shall from time to time be defined 
by the Board. 

Sect. 5. No teacher shall keep a private school; 
nor shall he attend to the instruction of any pri- Teachers not to 

keep private 

vate scholars before 6 o'clock, P. M. He shall not schools. 
act as agent for the sale of any school books, nor Not to act as 

, • r>i ' t : • n • n hook agents. 

accept a gilt or consideration lor procuring the 
introduction of books into our schools or for re- 
taining any book therein. 

Sect. 6. Each principal shall make a report 
to the Superintendent at the expiration of each Teachers to 
term, stating the whole number and the average snpermtend- 
of male's and females in his school, and the aver- eu 
age and per centage of daily attendance during 



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that term. He shall make an annual report at 

such time and in such form as the Superintendent 

to keep record ma y direct. He shall keep a weekly record of 

of school. J r # » m 

his scjiool, and record therein the visits of the 
members of the Board and of the Superintend- 
ent. 

school Regis- Sect. 7. Each teacher shall keep a register, 
Gen stat ch furnished by the Superintendent and remaining 
40 > $ 1 - the property of the city, in which he shall record 

3 Cushing, 549. . 

what to be re- his scholars' names, ages, attendance, date of ad- 
corded in same. . ... , , , . . , 

mission, residence, and such other particulars as 
shall give the Committee a correct idea of the 
Averages, how state of the school. The average daily attendance 
found. shall be found by dividing the total number of 

marks of presence of all the members, by the 
number of half days in the time specified. The 
average number of members shall be found by 
dividing the total number of marks of absence of 
all the members by the number of half clays in 
Rules relating the given time, and adding the result to the aver- 
to school mem- a g e daily attendance. To secure uniformity, the 
following " Rules relating to School Membership" 
will be observed: 



1. Whenever a teacher has satisfactory evidence that a 
pupil has left school without the intention of returning, such 
pupil's name shall forthwith be stricken from the roll ; and 
in making up the attendance averages, such pupil shall be 
regarded as having left school when his attendance actually 
ceased. 

2. When a pupil is suspended from school by any of the 
rules of the School Board, whether for absence or for any 
other cause, his name shall be stricken from the roll. 



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3. When a pupil is absent from school more than five 
consecutive school days, for an unknown cause, his name shall 
be stricken from the roll at the end of five days, and the 
absences shall in all cases be recorded while the name re- 
mains on the roll ; this rule shall not operate to prevent the 
suspension of a pupil under rule 2d, for a less number of 
absences. 

4. For the purposes contemplated in the foregoing rules, 
no pupil shall be considered as absent who shall have been 
present at the regular school session of the half day. 

Sect. 8. Any teacher desiring to be absent 
from school, shall apply to his Sub-Committee, Absence of 
who may excuse him for a time not exceeding 
twelve days. Any teacher who shall be absent 
beyond the time granted, unless in case of urgent 
necessity, shall be considered to have resigned. 
The Board alone, can grant leave for a longer ab- 
sence. 

Sect. 9. Teachers shall receive all applicants 
who are entitled to the privileges of their schools, ApP ] icanls for 
and in all cases of difficulty* in the discharge of this admission to 

^ ° schools. 

duty, shall apply to the Superintendent for advice 23 pick. 224. 
and direction. At the commencement of each Ln. stat., ch. 
term, they shall require the children of hon-resi- 41 '^ 3 ' 4 ' 6 ' 9 ' 
dents to present a certificate from the Superin- 
tendent that their tuition for the coming term has 
been paid, and shall neither receive nor continue 
such children in school, without this certificate. 
All applications for children of non-residents shall childrenofnon _ 
be made to the Board, and no one admitted except residents ~ how 

' L admitted. 

by its vote. In such cases tuition for a full school 
term shall be prepaid, unless by special exemp- 
tion. Such connection with the schools can be 



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Amount of tui- stained only by the continued pre-payment of 
oen. stat. ch 4i, tuition for each full term. The amount to be so 

§ 5, 7. 

paid for tuition shall be as follows : In the High 
School, $10 per term- in the Grammar Schools, 
$5 per term; in the Primary Schools, $3 per 
term. 

vaccination Sect. 10. No child, unless coming from another 

Gen. Stat, ch 41, 7 & 

§ 8 - school in Lowell, shall be admitted to school with- 

out a -physician's certificate of vaccination or 
other satisfactory evidence -of security against 
small pox. 

Removal from Sect. 11. No scholar leaving one school shall 

one school to 

another. be received into another of the same or inferior 

rank, unless he shall have a certificate signed by 
the principal of the school left and the Superin- 
tendent, stating his standing, character, and the 
reasons for his removal, unless more than one year 
has elapsed since his attendance upon the school 

certificates tohe he leaves. The principal receiving such scholars 
shall preserve the certificates. 



Sect. 12. No part of the premises occupied 



School premi- 
ses to he used 

for no other pur- by the public schools shall, in any case, be used 

poses. Gen. 

stat. ch. 38, $40. for private schools, or for any other than the pur- 



pose for which they are designed. 



Teachers to Sect. 13. Teachers shall exercise a general 

scholars. care over their scholars during school hours, out 

of school as well as within, and over the build- 
ings occupied by them, including the fences, trees 
school rooms and yards. They will be held responsible for the 
and premises. nea { liess anc ] good condition of their respective 
school-rooms and all articles connected therewith. 



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Sect. 14. Teachers must pay close attention 
to the heating and ventilation of their school- Heating and 

. Ventilation. 

rooms. They must endeavor to preserve a uni- 
form temperature of 68° Fahrenheit, and they will 68° the stand- 

ard. 

be considered grossly negligent. if through care- 
lessness they permit it to vary more than five 
degrees from that standard. 

They must, except in very severe weather, pro- 
vide for a constant but gradual change of air, Vemilationcon - 

° n ' stant. 

taking care not to expose the scholars to strong 
currents, and they must, under no circumstances, 
suffer their schools to remain in session more than 
thirty minutes without an efficient ventilation of 
the room. 

In intensely cold weather, if the occasional 
change of air reduces the temperature of the room Insevereweath - 
below 63°, the scholars will, during the process, 
be employed in marching, gymnastics or other 
physical exercises, or be allowed to move freely 
about the room. 

It is recommended that ordinary ventilation be 
secured by small openings on different sides of Manner of ven - 

J l O tilation. 

the room, rather than by large ones upon the same 
side. At recess and at the close of each session 
of the school, the teachers must make it a part of 
their duty to thoroughly renew the air of the 
room, and having done so, to see the room properly 
closed. Any deficiency in the means of heating Defeclstobe 
or ventilating, they are to report promptly to the reported - 
Superintendent, and also to their Sub-Committee. 
Sect. J5. Teachers shall punctually observe 
the hours appointed for opening and closing the Teachers to be 

punctual. 

schools. 1 he school-rooms must be opened and school rooms- 
all the teachers (principal and assistants,) be pres- w enopenecL 



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ent ten minutes before the time fixed for the 

commencement of each session, to admit the 

schoois-how scholars as they arrive and prevent disorder. All 

commenced. 

Gen. stat. ch.,38 the schools shall be commenced each day by the 
reading of some portion of the Bible in the com- 
mon English version, after which prayer and sing- 

schoiars, when ing are recommended. No scholar shall be allowed 
' to leave school before the close of the session, ex- 
cept for sickness or other urgent cause, without a 
written or personal request by his parent or guar- 
dian. 



Recess must be Sect. 16. Scholars shall have a recess of fifteen 
middle of bob- minutes at the expiration of one-half of each school 
sion - session, including the time of egress and ingress. 

Where but one yard is used, the boys and girls 
shall have separate recesses. Teachers are ex- 
pected to devote the entire time of recess to the 
oversight of their schools. 

Discipline. Sect. 17. The discipline of the school shall be 

S e §io Stat Ch °f a parental character. Politeness and good be- 
havior shall be carefully inculcated. Corporal 
punishment shall only be resorted to when other 
Difficulties in means fail. On the occurrence of any difficulty 
school. j n ^ e sc } 100 ] s? application may be made by teach- 

ers, parents, or guardians, to the Superintendent 
and the Sub-Committee, who shall arrange the diffi- 
culty or recommend action to the Board. For 
truancy, obstinate opposition to authority, contin- 
ued neglect of duty, or any other sufficient cause, 
Teachers may a principal may suspend a scholar. He shall 
suspend schoi- forthwith notifv the pare nt or guardian and apply 

to the Superintendent and to his Sub-Committee 
for advice. When the example of a scholar is 



Corporal pun 
ishment. 



5 Cush. 198. 



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very injurious, when he manifests an habitual and 
determined neglect of duty, or disregard of the 
good order and rules of the school, and his reforma- 
tion appears hopeless, the Board shall expel him. Board may ex- 
Any suspended scholar who shall express regret Gen.stat.dn4i, 
for his conduct and promise amendment, satisfac- $™' "» 12 ; 

1 2 Cush. loO. 

torily to the principal, may, with consent of the 
Sub-Committee, be restored. Any child expelled Restoration. 
who shall express his regret and promise amend- 
ment, may be re-admittecl on probation by the Re-admission. 
Board, and if his reformation proves permanent, 
be restored to full standing. 

Sect. 18. No teacher shall give his school any 
public notice or advertisement, nor take any vote 
of the scholars upon political or other public 
questions, nor permit any agent or other person 
to exhibit therein any book or other article nor to 
give a notice of any kind. He shall not allow any 
contribution to be taken nor subscription paper to 
be circulated, either by teacher, pupil or any other 
person. Teachers shall in no case sell to their 
scholars any school-book or other article unless 
authorised by the Committee on Books through 
the Superintendent. 

Sect. 19. Teachers shall exert themselves to 
induce parents to furnish their children with books, su PP iyof books 

■ -i i i ■ n «i it /» j to destitute chil- 

that none may apply to the city therefor except dren . 
those in absolute need; and every supply off^'g^ 011 " 38 ' 
books at the city's expense shall be made upon 
a written order signed by the Superintendent. 
Every such order shall give the name of the 
scholar to be supplied, the full name of his parent 
or guardian, the street and number of his resi- 



General Exer 
cises 



22 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

dence, the name of the book wanted, and its re- 
cognized price. 

Sect. 20. Every teacher in the Grammar and 
Primary Schools shall daily introduce some brief 
Required, general and oral exercise connected with the stud- 
ies of the school, and shall have short recitations 
in concert, taking care that negligent and back- 
ward scholars are not thereby enabled to avoid 
their share of study and labor. In all exercises 
and recitations, the teachers shall endeavor to so 
frame their questions as to lead the pupils to ex- 
press their own thoughts and use their own lan- 
schoiars to use guage rather than the words of their text-books, 
guage. w ' and to lead their pupils to anticipate the next step 
in their studies before coming to it in their books. 
To this end, the teachers are expected to care- 
Teachers to fully study all prefaces, introductory remarks and 
make prepara- no t e s connected with their text-books, and as a 

tion. 

matter of duty, to read such books and periodi- 
cals of an educational character, as may be acces- 
sible to them. 

In teaching History, the instructors shall impress 
HistoryandGe-on the pupils' minds the leading facts, paying lit- 

0°TUp])V. 

tie attention to unimportant details and dates, and 
shall call their attention to every historical allusion 
in any of their studies. They shall keep up, as 
far as may be, the connection between this study 
and Geography, and in neither shall they require 

Lessons not to . . 

be committed to or allow their pupils to commit to memory and 
repeat the words of their text-books. 

Geography must be taught in connection with 
outline Maps outline maps, which must be referred to in every 
Drawing. geographical exercise. Map-drawing, first by 



RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 23 

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copying and finally from memory, must be taught 
regularly by every teacher in the Grammar 
Schools, and is recommended for the older pupils 
in the Primary Schools. 

Every pupil in the Primary Schools shall daily Mental Arith - 

•• ^iT A-l • metJC - 

have instruction m Mental Arithmetic and its 
tables, but shall not be required to learn the mul- 
tiplication table beyond 12 X 12. Every pupil 
in the Grammar Schools shall be exercised daily 
in Colburn's Intellectual Arithmetic, either in 
general or special exercises ; no amount of in- 
struction in written Arithmetic will be an equiva- 
lent for this exercise. 

Each teacher must ever bear in mind that Grammar to be 
English Grammar teaches the student to speak P iis' language. 
and write the language correctly, and must there- 
fore pay close attention to the language used by 
the pupils, and lose no opportunity of leading 
them to apply their knowledge of Grammar to 
their daily conversation. Attention shall be given 
in the upper half of the Grammar Schools and in 
the High School to English composition, and pains 
be taken to inculcate a plain, unaffected style and 
a selection of practical subjects best adapted to the 
powers of the scholar. 

In every school, it is required that regular instruc- 
tion, in the form of general exercise, be given in the „ 

° 7 ° Geography &c. 

geography, history and general affairs of the city of city, county 
of Lowell, the county of Middlesex and the state 
of Massachusetts. In these, as well as in all other Teachers to 
matters taught, the teacher is expected to acquire Son beyond text 
information much beyond that which is before the b00ks ' 
pupils in their text-books. 



24 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

Sect. 21. Every teacher, at the commencement 
order of Exer- f a term, shall prepare an Order of Exercises 

cises to be al- 
ways at hand, showing the exact time allotted to each exercise, 

and shall at all times have the same conspicuously 
placed in the school-room. A copy shall be sent 
at the beginning of each term to the Superintend- 
ent, who shall report any neglect in this respect 
to the School Committee, at their first meeting in 
the term. 

Sect. 22. The only books used and studies 

Books and stud- pursued in the public schools shall be such as have 
been authorized by this Board. Scholars shall be 

classification, so classifiecfcand studies so arranged in the several 
schools of the same grade, that progress may be 
uniform in all the branches. 

Sect. 23. Exercises in gymnastics shall be 
physical exer- practiced in all the public schools of whatever 

cises attach ses- 

sion. grade, and at least five minutes of each session 

be devoted thereto. In the Primary Schools the 
exercises shall consist of the simpler forms of free 
gymnastics, and of the more elaborate in the High 
and Grammar Schools, — all under the general 
direction of the Superintendent, who shall espe- 
cially enforce this requirement. 

Sect. 24. Every school shall be publicly exam- 
Examinations, ined at the close of the second and fourth terms. 
One day shall be assigned for the examination of 
the High School, and the same time for each of 
the Grammar Schools. Examinations shall be 
directed by the Sub-Committees, and be confined 
to a general review of the studies pursued. 

Sect. 25. The teachers may, for the purpose 
of observing the modes of discipline and instruc- 



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RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 25 

lion, suspend their schools for one session, and visit 
any of the public schools in the city, of the same 
grade with their own ; but such visits shall not be 
made oftener than once a quarter, and not without 
the consent in each instance of their Sub-Commit- 
tees. 

Sect. 26. Teachers shall note on their regis- visits to be 
ters all visits made to their schools by members noted " 
of the Committee, the Superintendent, Teachers 
or other persons. 

Sect. 27. No child who comes to school with- cleanliness of 

scholars. 

out proper attention having been given to the 
cleanliness of his person and of his dress, or 
whose clothes are not properly repaired, shall be 
permitted to remain, but shall be sent home to 
be prepared for school in a proper manner. 

Sect. 28. The attention of teachers is partic- Duties of teach 
ularly directed to the following from the General action of cm- 
Statutes of the Commonwealth, chapter 38, sec- zens ' 
tion 10 : 

It shall be the duty of the president, professors and tutors 
of the University of Cambridge, and of the several colleges, Q gtat ch 
and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and of all 38j & 10m 
other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to 
impress on the minds of children and youth, committed to 
their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice and 
a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and 
universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chas- 
tity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues 
which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon 
which a republican constitution is founded ; and it shall be 
the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, 
as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear under- 
standing of the tendency of the above-mentioned virtues to 
preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the 
blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happi- 
ness, and also to 'poirit out to them the evil tendency of the 
opposite vices. 



26 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

Sect. 29. All teachers shall keep in their 
Teachers to school-rooms a copy of the Regulations of the 
keep and Btudy p u kij c $ c h 00 i s • they shall make and keep them- 

Regulations. / •/ m. 

selves familiar with them, and shall allow all vis- 
itors to freely consult the same. 



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RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 27 



CHAPTER IV 



BEGULATIONS OF THE SEYEEAL GEADES OF SCHOOLS. 

The public schools of the city shall be divided 
into the following grades, viz : Primary, Grammar, 
High and Evening Schools. 

I. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 

Section 1. No child under five years of age Age for admis- 
shall be admitted to the Primary Schools. 

Sect. 2. Scholars shall be instructed in the 
Alphabet; Reading; Spelling; Punctuation; Ab- studies and 
breviations ; Numeral Letters ; the Multiplication ex 
Table ; Mental Arithmetic ; Enunciation ; the 
Definition of words, terms and phrases ; Primary 
Geography, orally and by maps ; Writing and 
Drawing by the use of slate and blackboard ; to- 
gether with Singing and such general exercises 
as will interest and profit them. 

Sect. 3. The teachers are enjoined to maintain order and 
a mild but firm and equal government; to allow discipline " 
frequent changes of posture, and such alternation 
from study to rest and from one recitation to 
another as will best promote the health and com- 
fort of their pupils. They shall endeavor to in- 
spire their pupils with a love of learning and 
truth, and to train them in habits of prompt and 
affectionate obedience. 



28 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



II. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 



Section 1. A candidate for admission to a 
Qualifications Grammar School must satisfy the Superintendent 

for admission. . . 1 1 i i • -ip i • • • 

on examination that he is prepared tor admission 
in Reading, Spelling, Punctuation, Numeration, 
the Addition and Subtraction tables, the Multipli- 
'cation table to 12 X 12, the whole of Walton's 
Primary Arithmetic, and in the elements of Ge- 
ography. Every candidate shall bring a certifi- 
cate of qualification from the Superintendent. An 
Time of admis- applicant from a Primary School shall be admitted 
sion. on jy a ^ ^ e commencemen t f a term. Other ap- 

plicants may be admitted at any time. 



Sect. 2. The studies shall be Reading, Spell- 
ing, Writing, Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, 

Gen. stat., ch. History of the United States, Book-keeping; and 
38, $ i. / 1 & 

Drawing. 



Studies. 
n. 



Punctuality of 



Sect. 3. The doors shall be closed at the time 
fixed for opening the school, after which no scholar 
scholars. shall be admitted during the session without fur- 
nishing a satisfactory excuse. 

No scholar shall be re-admitted to school after 
absence, without a satisfactory excuse from the 
parent or guardian. 

Sect. 4. Each department of the Grammar 
Schools, excepting the Principal's room, shall con- 
Number of tain not more than sixty scholars, who shall be 
department?™ 11 classified according to their ages and attainments. 
Each assistant shall be responsible for the good 
order and instruction in her department, but shall 
apply to the principal in difficult cases. The 
principal shall have the supervision and control 



RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 29 

of the whole school, and with his first assistant 
shall instruct the first division. All changes from 
room to room shall be made by the Sub-Committee, 
or Superintendent. 

III. HIGH SCHOOL. 

Section 1. Every candidate for admission to Qualifications 
the High School shall be at least twelve years of 0I 
age, and shall bring from the principal of his Gen . stat., ch. 
last school a certificate of good moral character and 41 ' § 4> 
of presumed qualifications in Spelling, Reading, 
Defining words, Writing, Colburn's Intellectual 
Arithmetic, Written Arithmetic, History of the 
United States, Geography, and Grammar, includ- 
ing parsing and the analysis of sentences. 

Sect. 2. Candidates shall be examined annu- Examination of 
ally at the close of the fourth term. For this ^SS^** 
purpose the Board shall cause twenty questions to 
be prepared in each of the following branches, 
viz : Spelling, Grammar, Geography, History of 
the United States, and Arithmetic, to be answered 
b}£ the candidates in writing. The Board shall 
fix the standard of admission. JS T o candidate standard, how 
ranking below the fixed standard shay be adn#t- fixed ' 
ted except by vote of a majority of the Board. 
The High School teachers shall make the examin- 
ation and ascertain the rank of each candidate, Rank, how de- 
fender the direction and supervision of the Sub- tenmne ' 
Committee,) and report the result to the Board. 
Qualified candidates shall be furnished with cer- 
tificates of admission, signed by the Secretary, 
and shall enter the school only at the beginning of Wlien to e » ter 
the next term, except by special vote of the 
Board, 



30 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

Sect. 3. The school shall he under the direc- 
order, super- tion and management of the principal, who shall 

vision and . . , 

arrangement of frequently visit the several rooms and he respon- 
sible for the progress and good order of the whole 
school. The assistants shall occupy such rooms 
and teach such branches as shall be directed from 
time to time by the Sub-Committee, and shall 
govern and direct their pupils while in their 
rooms, subject to the supervision of the principal. 
Politeness and good behavior shall be carefully 
cultivated. 

Sect. 4. When a scholar has been absent more 
Absence. than one week on account of sickness, or for more 
than one day for other cause without permission 
of the Principal previously obtained, he shall be 
re-admitted only with the consent of the Superin- 
tendent, subject to appeal to the Sub-Committee. 

Sect. 5. Scholars wishing to retain or renew 
how continued, their connection with the school, shall notify the 
principal previous to the annual examination of 
candidates for admission. 

Sect. 6. Every scholar who shall complete 
Diploma. Tpth credit the course of study prescribed for this 
school, an3 has sustained a good moral character, 
shall receive a diploma from this Board; provided, 
no scholar shall receive a diploma who has not 
been present at every public examination of the 
school during his course, or who has not other- 
wise passed a satisfactory examination equivalent 
thereto. 

Sect. 7. The Carney Medals shall, at the close 

camey medals, of each school year, be distributed by the Board 

to the three male members and the three female 



RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



31 



members of the senior class who are the most dis- 
tinguished for excellence of character and schol- 
arship, and are residents of the city. 

Sect. 8. No scholar shall attend the High Term of attend- 
School more than four years, except by a vote of an 
the Board. 

Sect. 9. The studies pursued in the High 
School shall be as follows : — 



English Course. 
First Year. 

Algebra (Sherwin's). 

Physical Geography (War- 
ren's). 

Physiology (Coming's). 

General History (Wilson's). 

Natural Philosophy (Quack- 
enbos'). 

Second Year. 

General History (continued). 
Natural Philosophy " 
Chemistry (Youman's). 
Geometry fDavies'). 

Third Year. 

Arithmetic (Eaton's). 
English Grammar (Brown's 

and Kent's). 
Astronomy (Olmsted's). 
Ehetoric (Quackenbos'). 



Classical Course. 

First Year. 

Latin Grammar (Harkness'). 
Latin Eeader (Harkness'). 

Second Year. 

Latin Eeader (continued). 
Caesar's Commentaries (An- 
drews'). 
Greek Grammar (Crosby's). 
Greek Lessons " 

Third Year. 
Greek Grammar (continued). 
Xenophon's Anabasis (Cros- 
by's). 
Virgil's iEneid (Bowen's). 

Fourth Year. 
Xenophon's Anabasis (contin- 
ued). 
Cicero's Orations (Johnson's). 
Homer's Iliad (Owen's). 



Note. The foregoing are indispensable to the course. Classes may also 
be formed, as the wishes of parents and pupils and the judgment of teach- 
ers, with the approval of the Sub-Committee, shall require, in Book-keeping, 
Natural History, Botany, Geology, Useful Arts, Mental Philosophy, French 
Language, English Synonyms, and English Pronunciation with Heading and 
Spelling. It is intended that each pupil shall pursue, at least, three studies 
.each term. English, Latin and Greek Composition, and Declamation, at the 
discretion of the Teachers. The Dictionaries used will be, English ( Web- 
ster's ani Worcester's)— Latin {Andrews' 1 and Leverett's) — Greek ( Liddell 
$ Scott's) — French (Spier's, Jeivett's Edition) — For Writing Greek and 
Latin, Arnold's Greek Prose Companion and Arnold's Latin Prose Com- 
panion — Ancient Geography (Mitchell's). 



32 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



IV. EVENING- SCHOOLS. 

when to be Section 1. The Evening Schools shall be open 

kept. f rom l ia lfip as t seven to nine o'clock, on such eve- 

38, §7,8. ' " nings as the Board shall order. 

Sect. 2. No person under fifteen years of age 
' shall be admitted into these schools. The books 



Books and * used, and the studies pursued, in the Primary and 

studies. J *■ ' «/ 

Grammar Schools, shall, as far as practicable, be 
adopted in the Evening Schools. 

Sect. 3. These schools shall be under the 

Sub-Committee m 

andExamina- direction of a Sub-Committee, and shall be exam- 
ined by the Board at their close. 



EEVISION OF THE KTJLES. 

The consent of three-fourths of the members 
present at any meeting shall be requisite for the 
suspension, repeal or amendment of any of these 
Rules and Regulations, unless the motion for the 
same shall have been made at least one week. In 
which case, the vote of a majority of the whole 
Board shall be sufficient. 



RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



33 



SALARIES OF TEACHERS, BILLS, &c. 



Section L The salaries of teachers; for the 
four terms in each school-year, are established as 

follows. No compensation is allowed for the 
vacations. 

HIGH SCHOOL. 

Principal, $2,000.00 

Three Male Assistants, each 1,500.00 

Two Female Assistants, each 550 . 00 

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 

Seven Male Principals, each 1,500.00 

One Female Principal, . 800.00 

First Assistants, each 450.00 

Other Assistants, first year, 400 . 00 

second year, 425 . 00 

after second year, .... 450.00 

One Teacher in Penmanship, 1,500.00 

One Teacher in Vocal Music, 1,500.00 

PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 

Teachers, first year, each, 400.00 

second year, each, 425.00 

after second year, each, 450.00 

TEMPORARY TEACHERS. 

Male Teachers, for every school-day's service, . . 3 . 00 
Female Teachers in High School, for every school- 
day's service, 1 . 25 

Female Teachers in other Schools, for every school- 
day's service, 1 . 00 



Salaries. 



34 RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



Sect. 2. When a temporary teacher is em- 
te2n»? iy ployed for the full term, such teacher may charge 
for the whole number of school days included in 
said term. 



Teachers' bills 
when payable. 



How made out. 



Deduction for 
absence. 



Sect. 3. Teachers' bills for services shall be 
payable on the last day of each term. Each 
elected teacher shall present his bill to the Super- 
intendent for his approval one week before said 
day, charging in his bill, for each term, one-fourth 
part of his salary, and deducting, for every school 
day that he is absent from duty, the amount pay- 
able to a temporary teacher in his place ; provided, 
that if his absence during any term exceeds 
twelve days, he shall deduct his full pay for each 
clay of such excess. Temporary teachers shall 
present their bills at the same time, charging for 
the number of school days of actual service. 
Wednesday and Saturday forenoons shall be reck- 
oned as whole days. 

Sect. 4. The principals of the several schools 
shall employ some person to sweep and wash their 
school-rooms, and to make the tires in the same, 
where heated by stove. There shall be paid per 

Pay for sweep- \ 

ing,makin g fire term for sweeping the High School rooms, ten 
nng ' dollars, the Grammar and Primary School rooms, 
for each room, one dollar ; and for building fires 
in Primary Schools, three dollars per year. An 
amount, not exceeding one dollar per term, shall 
be allowed for cleaning school-rooms, when au- 
thorized by the Superintendent. The above bills 
are to be presented one week before the end of 
each term, except those for building fires, which 
are to be made out for the year, and presented 
one week before the end of the third term. 



When payablt 



TABLE OF THE HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 



35 



TABLE OF THE HIGH AND GEAMMAE SCHOOLS. 



Schools. 



High School. 



GRAMMAR. 

Ertson . . 



Bartlett 



Franklin 



Mann 



Moortv . . 



Green . . 



Col burn 



Varnum 



Location. 



Anne and Kirk 
Streets. 



South and High- 
land Street. 



Clark Street. 



Lewis Street. 



East Merrimack 
Street. 



Middle Street. 



Lawrence Street. 



Mvrtle Street. 



Sub-Committees. 



G. F. Richardson, 
G. A. Gerry, 
J. W. B. Shaw, 
J. B. Francis, 
J. H. Buttrick, 
J. A. Goodwin. 



John F. Frye. 



G. H. Whitmore. 



Middlesex and John Davis. 
Branch Streets. 



Rums Rogers. 



L. E. Shepard. 



S. W. Stickney. 



J.Merrill. 



D. P. Gage. 



Teachers. 



Charles C. Chase, Principal; Levi 
S. Burbank, James S. Russell, 
Joseph H. McDaniels, Mary A. 
Webster, Elizabeth B. Russell, 
Assistants. 

Bertram Harrison, Teacher of Book- 
keeping and Penmanship in the 
High and Grammar Schools. 

Geo. F. Willey, Teacher of Vocal 
Music in High and Grammar 
Schools. 

Pei-ley Balch, Principal; Harriet C. 
Hovey, Anna A. Sargent, Maria 
C. Kichardson, Marv F. Carle- 
ton, Mary F. Dana* Olive W. 
Beane, Mary A. Balch, Assist- 
ants. 

Sam'l Bement, Principal ; Marianna 

B. Kent, Mary E. Pike, Sabra 
Wright, Marietta Melvin, Mary 

C. Gardiner, Sophia P. Wether- 
bee, Caroline E. Holt, Assistants. 

Amos B. Hevwood, Principal; Mary 
F. Hopkins, Elizabeth W. Cle- 
ment, Sarah C. Weymouth, As- 
sistants. 

Samuel A. Chase, Principal; Eliza 
A. D. Tapley, Laura F. Howe, 
Celestia P. Chase, Assistants. 

Joseph Peabody, Principal ; Fran- 
ces A. Holden, Diana M. Hun- 
toon, Helen A. Haggett, Laura 
J. Pinder, S. E. Bailey, MaryE. 
Way, Assistants. 

Charles A. Chase, Principal; Alice 
J. Hardman, Mary E. Wight, 
Jennie H. Dennis, Ellen S. Bur- 
rill, Assista7its. 

Fidelia 0. Dodge, Principal; Eliza- 
beth W.Frost, Susan A.Andrews, 
Hattie C. Critchet, Assistants. 



Daniel P. Galloupe, Principal; Har- 
riet Bradley, Addie L. Sargent, 
Sarah A. Bradley, Assistants. 



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TABLE OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 



TABLE OF THE PKIMAEY SCHOOLS. 



Schools. 


Location. 


Sub-Committees. 


Teachers. 


No. 1 . 


Middle Street. . 


S. W. Stickney. . . . 


Nettie E, Carleton. 


No. 2 . 


School 


Rufus Rogers. . . 






Sarah A. Hadley. 


No. 3 . 


Paige 


S. W. Stickney. . 






Stella Tullock 


No. 4 . 


Chapel. . . . 


John F. Frve. . . 






Lucy F Carleton. 


No. 5 


Elliot 


John H. Buttrick. 






Elizabeth A Stearns 


No. 6 . 


Middlesex. . . 


John H. Buttrick. 






Clara E Bailey. 


No. 7 . 


Chapel. . . . 


Joshua Merrill. 








No. 8 . 


Worthen. . . . 


S. W. Stickney. . . 






Martha A. Franklin. 


No. 9 . 


Church. . . . 


Luther E. Shepard. 






Martha S Williams. 


No. 10 . 


Merrimack. . . 


Rufus Rogers. . . 






Martha A. Neal. 


No. 11 . 


Cross 


J. B. Francis. . . 






Bella V. McAnulty. 


No. 12 . 


Tilden 


J. B. Francis. . . 






Eliza Merriam. 


No. 13 . 


Carter 


J. W. B. Shaw. . 






Fannie M. Wilkins. 


No. 14 . 


High 


John A. Goodwin. 






Harriet A Hadley. 


No. 15 


Middlesex. . . 


John H. Buttrick. 






Mary A Tapley. 


No. 16 . 


Fayette. . . . 


John A. Goodwin. 






Carrie M Garland. 


No. 17 


Branch. . . . 


John Davis. . . 






Sarah C. Fiske. 


No. 1$ . 


Central. . . . 


Joshua Merrill. . 






Eliza Cowley 


No. 19 


Charles. . . . 


John F. Frye. . . 






Isabella E Horner 


No. 20 . 


Carter. .... 


J. W. B. Shaw. . 






Martha L Wilkins. 


No. 21 


Chapel. . . . 


J.Merrill. . . . 






Sarah L. Gates. 


No. 22 


Lewis 


Rufus Rogers. . . 






Annie E Richardson. 


No. 23 . 


Tilden 


J. B. Francis. . . 






EllaF Perkins. 


No.. 24 


Howard. . . . 


John Davis. . . 






Ellen A. Bridge. 


No. 25 


High 


John A. Goodwin. 






Aurelia L. Howe. 


No. 26 . 


Salem 


J. B. Francis. . . 






Nellie M. Brown. 


No. 27 . 


Lawrence. . . 


Joshua Merrill. 






Charlotte S Kaime. 


No. 28 . 


Grand. .... 


John Davis. . . 






Emily M. Warren. 


No. 29 


Middle. .... 


S. W. Stickney. . 






Jane E. Horner 


No. 30 


Elliot 


Joshua Merrill. 






Mary E. Hardman. 


No. 3L . 


Powell. . . . 


John Davis. . . 


* 




Abby D. Gates. 


No. 32 


Adams. 


Rufus Rogers. . . 






Ellen F. Coughlan, 


No. 33 . 


Lawrence. . . . 


Joshua Merrill. . 






Maria Osgood. 


No. 34 . 


Branch. . . . 


John Davis. . . 






Lizzie S. Lowe. 


No. 35 


East Merrimack. 


Luther E. Shepard. 






Helen M Hunt. 


No. 36 


Cabot .... 


Geo. H. Whitmore. 






Mary A. Beard. 


No. 37 


Favette. . . . 


John A. Goodwin. 






Lucretia A. Day. ' 


No. 38 


Cabot 


Geo. H. Whitmore. 






Mary 0. Kidder. 


No. 39 . 


Charles. . . . 


John F. Frye. . . 






Helen C. Frye, 


No. 40 


Rock 


J. W. B. Shaw. . 






Sarah A Scales. 


No. 42 


Lawrence. . . . 


Joshua Merrill. 






S Lizzie Dean. , 


No. 43 


Cross 


Luther E. Shepard". 






MaryF. Cummiskev. 


No. 44 . 


Lewis 


Rufus Rogers . . 






Marv L. Hill. 


No. 45 . 


Rock 


J W B. Shaw. . 






Ellen M. White. 


No. 46 


Myrtle 


Daniel P Gage. . 






Mary E. Page, 


No. 47 . 


Myrtle 


Daniel P Gage . 






IViiranda W. Bradley. 


No. 48 . 


Coburn. . . . 


Daniel P. Gage . . . 


Emma C. Sawyer. 



LIST OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



37 



LIST OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



[This list includes not only those who have been members by election, 
but also those who have been members ex-officiis, viz: — 1. All who have 
been Mayors of Lowell. 2. All who were members of the Board of Alder- 
men between the time of the incorporation of the city in 1836, and the 
adoption of the Amendment to the City Charter in 1856. 3. All who 
have been Presidents of the Common Council since the adoption of said 
Amendment.] 



Abbott James C, 1859, 1860, 1861, 
1862, 1863, 1864. 

Adams John P., Alderman 1840, 

♦ 1841. 

Adams Shubael P., 1854. 

Aiken John, 1835, 1842. Alder- 
man 1837, 1841. 

Allen Nathan, 1851. 

Ames Seth, 1831. Alderman 1836, 
1837, 1840. 

Austin William, 1834. Alderman 
1836. 

Ayer J. H. B., 1854. Alderman 
1849, 1850. Mayor 1851. 

Ballard Joseph, 1841. 

Bancroft Jefferson, Alderman 1841, 
1842. Mayor 1846, 1847, 1848. 

Bancroft Selwin, Alderman 1844, 
1845, 1846. 

Barry William, 1851. 

Barnaby James, 1833, 1834. 

Bartlett Elisha, 1 830. Mayor 1 836, 
1837. 

Batchelder Samuel, 1826. 

Bean George W., 1857. 

Beard Ithamar A., 1827, 1844. Al- 
derman 1842. 

Beard Ithamar W., 1844, 1849, 1850. 

Bedlow Joseph, Alderman 1840, 
1849, 1850, 1852, 



Blanchard Amos, 1831, 1832, 1836, 

1838, 1839, 1840, 1843, 1844. 
Blanchard C. P., Alderman 1854. 
Blaisdell H. G., 1853, 1854. 
Brackett Shadrach B., Alderman 

1855. 
Bragdon George, Alderman 1847. 
Brewster William EL, 1849, 1851, 

1855. 
Brooks A L., 1857, 1858, 1859. 

Alderman 1849, 1855, 
Brown Abner H., 1845, 1848, 1849. 
Brownell George, Alderman 1838, 

1849. 
Bullens Joseph M., Alderman 1852, 

1853. 
Burbank Samuel, Alderman 1852, 

1856. 
Burnham Walter, 1852, 1853, 1857, 

1858. 
Burnap U. C, 1840, 1842, 1843. 
Burnham Z. P., 1857, 1858. 
Buttertield John, 1842. 
Butterfield Joseph, Alderman 1846, 

1847. 
Buttrick John A., 1862, 1863. 
Buttrick John H., 1867. 
Carleton George H., Alderman, 

1838, 1839, 1841. 
Carter Daniel, Alderman 1849, 



38 



LIST OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



Case Eliphalet, 1829, 1830, 1834, 
1835. 

Chellis Seth, Alderman 1837, 1838, 
1841. 

Cheney John L., 1858, 1850, 1863. 

Child Linus, 1859, 1860. Alderman 
1847. 

Child Willard, 1848, 1849, 1850. 

Clark John, 1835, 1842. Alder- 
man 1839. 

Clark Samuel, 1837. 

Cleaveland John P., 1857, 1858. 

Coburn C. B., Alderman 1856. 

CoburnJ. B. V., Alderman 1852, 
1853, 1854. 

Colburn Warren, 1826, 1827. 

Conant Oliver J., Alderman 1856. 

Converse Joshua, Alderman 1851. 

Cook James, Mayor 1859. 

Cookson John, 1827. 

Cooper Isaac, Alderman 1846. 

Corliss H. G. F., 1839. 

Cowley Charles, 1857, 1858, 1859. 

Cox G. F., 1852. 

Crombie D. D., Alderman 1849, 
1850. 

Crosby Josiah, 1830. 

Cutler Lucius A., Alderman 1851. 

Dadmun J. W., 1856. 

Dalton John C, Alderman 1845, 
1846, 

Dana Samuel L., 1817. 

Dana David, Alderman 1848. 

Davis John, 1865, 1866, 1867. 

Doudas Erastus, 1 860, 1 86 1 . Al- 
derman 1848. 

Eaton W., 1855. 

Eddy, D. C, 1853. 

Edson Theodore, 1826, 1827, 1829, 
1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 
1837, 1838, 1839, 1846, 1847, 
1852. 

Fenno James, Alderman 1847. 

Fiske William, Alderman 1851, 
1852, 1855. 

Fletcher Horatio, Alderman 1854. 

Fletcher L. J., 1857, 1858. 

Francis J. B., 1867. Alderman 
1849, 1850. 

Freeman E. W., 1829, 1830, 1832, 



French B. F., Alderman 1838, 1839. 
French Cyril, Alderman 1841. 1842, 

1843, 1849. 

French J. B:, Mayor 1849, 1850. 

Frost Abner, Alderman 1855. 

Frye John F., 1865, 1866, 1867. 

Fuller Elisha, 1838, 1840, 1841. 

Gage Daniel P., 1866, 1867. 

Gardner Calvin, 1831,. 1832. 

Gardner William, Jr., 1828, 1829. 

Gerrish Thomas F., 1862, 1863. 

Gerry Gustavus A., President Com- 
mon Council 1866, 1867. 

Goodwin John A., 1865, 1866, 1867. 

Graves John W., 1833, 1834, 1835. 
Alderman 1842. 

Graves Jacob, Alderman, 1848. 

Gray William C, Alderman 1846. 

Green Benjamin, 1841, 1842. 

Green John O., 1826. 1827, 1836, 
1838, 1840. 1843, 1844, 1845, 
1846, 1847, 1850. Alderman 
1839. 

Griffin Joseph, Alderman 1843, 
1844. 

Hanks Stedman W., 1844, 1845, 
1848, 1849. 

Hardy Phillip, Alderman 1850, 
1851. 

Hatch William H., 1864. 

Haven Samuel F., 1833, 1834. 

Heydock William T„ 1833. 

Hinckley Frederick, 1858, 1859. 

Holton Frederick, President Com- 
mon Council 1857. 

Hooke H. M., 1860, 1861. 

Hopkinson Thomas, 1836. 

Hosford Hocum, Mayor 1862, 1863, 
1864. 

Howard Horace, 1851. 

Howe Lorenzo G. Alderman 1855. 

Howe Moses G., 1859. 

Huntington Flisha, 1826, 1831, 
1832, 1833, 1861, 1862, 1863, 
1864. Mayor 1839, 1840, 1841, 

1844, 1845, 1852, 1856, 1858. 
Alderman 1847, 1853, 1854. 

Hutchinson S. K., Alderman 1853, 

1854. 
Hyde Amos. 1848. 



LIST OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



39 



Johnson Henry C, Alderman 1843. 

Johnson John, 1828. 

Johnson Jonathan, Alderman 

1856. 
Johnston W. S., Alderman 1855. 
Judkins J. J., 1864, 1865. 
Kidder Moses W.-, 1860, 1861. 
Kimball Charles, 1861, 1862, 1863, 

1864, 1865, 1866. ' 
Kimball Gilman, 1832, 1839, 1843. 
Kittredge J. G.. Alderman 1837. 
Knapp Chauucy L. 1864, 1865. 
Knapp Daniel, Alderman 1815. 

1846. 
Knowles John A., 1330, 1836, 1837, 

1855. 
Knowlton, J. S. C, 1827. 
Lang David G-., 1859, I860. 
Lawrence Ambrose, 1852. Alder- 
man 1851. Mayor 1855. 
Lawrence Luther, Mayor 1838, 

1839. 
Lincoln Levi E., 1857. 
Livingston William, Alderman 

1842. 
Mack Sewall GL, Alderman 1847. | 

Mayor 1853, 1854. 
Mansur Aaron, Alderman 1836. 
Mansur Stephen, Alderman 1840, J 

1847, 1853. Mayor 1857. 
May George, 1846. 
Maynard John. 1850, 1851, 1855. 
McAlvin John B., 1851. 
Means Robert, 1840, 1841. 
Merrill Abraham, 1828. 
Merrill Joshua, 1833, 1834. 1855, 

1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 

1865, 1866, 1867. 

Merrill Joseph, 1853, 1854, 1855. 
Miles Henry A., 1838, 1839, 1848. 
Miner A. A., 1845, 1846, 1847. 
Mixer John, Alderman 1850. 
Moody Andrew, 1857, 1858. 
Morrill Jonathan C, 1828, 1829. 
Xewman William, Alderman 

1848. 
Nichols Gilman X., Alderman 

1848. 
Nichols Oldin, 1857, 1859, 1860, 

1861, 1862. 



North William, 1856, 1857, 1858, 

1859, 1860. Alderman 1851, 

1852. 
North William L., President .of 

Common Council 1861. 
Nute Andrew T., Alderman 1855. 
Parkhurst Matthias, 1843, 1844. 
Parker Frederick, 1845, 1846. 1847, 

1848. 
Parmenter Horace, 1864. 
Patch E. B.,1849, 1850, 1854, 1856. 
Peabody Josiah G., Alderman 1850. 

Mayor 1865, 1866. . 
Peck J. Oramel, 1865, 1866. 
Pillsbury Harlan, 1828, 1829. Al- 
derman 1840, 1843. 
Pillsbury John D., 1835, 1837. 
Porter Lemuel, 1836, 1837, 1841. 
Pratt Samuel C, 1856, 1857. 
Rand James H., Alderman 1856. 
Richardson Daniel S., Alderman 

1848. 
Richardson, George F., President 

Common Council 1862, 1863. 

Mayor 1867. 
Ripley George, President Common 

Council 1864, 1865. 
Robbins, Jacob, 1836, 1837. 
Rogers Rufus, 1867. 
Rolf Abiel, Alderman 1851. 
Salmon W. L\, President Common 

Council 1860. 
Sargeant B. C, President Common 

Council 1858. Mayor 1860, 1861. 
Sawtell Josiah, Alderman 1847, 

1848. 
Shattuck George W., 1853, 1863, 

1864. 
Shaw J. W. B., 1865, 1866, 1867. 
Shepard Luther E., 1866, 1867. 
Sherman Edward F., 1858, 1859, 

1863, 1864. 
Smith Henry, Alderman 1844, 1845, 

1846. 
Smith John 1839. 
Smith J. W\, 1852. 
South worth William S., 1854, 1858, 

1859. 
Spalding Ira, Alderman 1853, 1854. 
Spalding Sidney, Alderman 1843. 



40 



LIST OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



Sperry Charles, Alderman 1854. 
Stevens Alpha, Alderman 1852, 

1853. 
Stevens George, 1859, 1860, 1861, 

1862. 
Stickney Samuel W., 1861, 1862, 

1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867. 
Street Owen, 1860, 1861, 1862, 

1863, 1864, 1865. 
Swan Joshua, Alderman 1837. 
Tapley Joseph, Alderman 1836. 
Thayer Thomas B., 1835. 
Thompson Zenas, 1838. 
Thurston Nathaniel, 1840. Alder- 
man 1842. 
Tilden Charles L., Alderman 1838, 

1839, 1843. 
Towne Joseph H., 1850. 
Townsend James, Alderman 1850, 

1851. 
Tuck Edward, Alderman 1856. 
Twining William, 1832. 
Twiss James J., 1864, 1865. 
Tyler Jonathan, Alderman 1840. 
Varney Samuel J., Alderman 1852. 
Walker Benjamin, Alderman 1836. 



Walker Benjamin, 1859, 1860. 
Warren George E., 1865, 1866. 
Watson Edward F., Alderman 1844, 

1845. 
Webber George N. 1866. 
Webster William P., 1860, 1861, 

1862, 1863. Alderman 1856. 

President Common Council 1859. 
Wells David, 1841, 1842, 1843. 
Whipple O. M., Alderman 1836, 

1838, 1839, 1844, 1846, 1848. 
White Joseph, Alderman 1853, 

1854. 
Whitmore George H., 1867. 
Wilder Charles H., Alderman 1856. 
Wise William G., 1852, 1853, 1862, 

1863. 
Woodbury Augustus, 1856, 1857. 
Woodward Daniel, Alderman 1855. 
Wright Alexander, Alderman 1836, 

1837. 
Wright Hapgood, Alderman 1856. 
Wright John, 1845, 1846, 1847. 

Alderman 1844. 
Wright Nathaniel, Mayor 1842, 

1843. 



INDEX 



ABSENCE, of Superintendent, 10. 

of scholars, 16, 28, 30. 

of teachers, 17. 
ACCOUNTS, appointment of Committee on, 5. 

duties of Committee on, 7. 
ADMISSION to Primary Schools, age for, 27. 

to Grammar, qualifications for, 28. 

to High, qualifications for, 29. 

to High, examination of candidates for, 29. 
ADVERTISEMENTS shall not be given in school, 21. 
AGE, fot admission to Primary Schools, 27. 

for aflmission to High School, 29. 
ALLOWANCES to teachers for sweeping, washing, &c, 34. 
AMENDMENT to Rules and Regulations, how made, 32. 
ANNUAL REPORT by Committee on Reports, 8. 

by Superintendent, 12. 

by teachers, 16. 
APPLICANTS for schools, 8. 

for admission to schools, 17. 

list of, kept by Superintendent, 11. 
APPLICATIONS for children of non-residents made to the Board, 17. 
ARITHMETIC, Colburn's Intellectual for daily exercise by every pupil in Gram- 
mar Schools, 23. 
ASSISTANTS in Grammar Schools, 28. 

in High School, 30. 
ATTENDANCE, term of, in High School, 31. 
AVERAGES, how found, 16. 

BILLS, examined by Committee on Accounts and Superintendent, 7, 12. 

teachers shall present, 34. 
BOARD, organization of, 5. 

Regulations and Orders of, carried into effect by Superintendent, 10. 



42 INDEX. 

BOOKS, appointment of Committee on, 5. 

duties of Committee on, 8. 

none to be used but those prescribed, 10, 24. 

teachers not to sell to scholars, 21. 

used in the Evening Schools, 32. 
BLANKS kept and furnished by Superintendent, 12. 
BUSINESS, order of, 6. 
CANDIDATES for Grammar School, 12. 

for High School, 29. 
CARE over scholars out of school, 18. 

buildings, &c, 18. \\ 

CERTIFICATES given to scholars admitted to Grammar Schools, 28. 

given to scholars admitted to High School, 7, 29. 

given to approved applicants for schools, 7. 

required of children of non-residents, 17. 

for removal from one school to another, 18, 

shall be preserved, 18. 

of vaccination, 18. 
CHAIRMAN, the Mayor, 5. 

duties of, G. J 

CHx^NGES from room to room in Grammar Schools, 29. 
CHILDREN", supply of books to destitute, 21. 
CLASSIFICATION of the schools, 10. 

of scholars, 21. 
CLEANLINESS of school room, 18. • 

of children, 25. 
COLBURN'S INTELLECTUAL ARITHMETIC. See Arithmetic. 
COMMITTEE, list of, 37, 

members of, 3. 

Standing, 3. 

organization of, 5.. 

on Accounts, 5, 7. 

Sub, 5. 

duties of, 9. 

meetings of, (regular and special,) 5. 

on School Houses, 5, 8. 

on Teachers, 5, 8. 

on Reports, 5, 8. 

on Books, 5, 8. 

on Salaries, o, 8. 

on Music, 5, 8. 



INDEX. 43 

CONNECTION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, how retained, 30. 

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, 20. 

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, Geography, &c, of, taught, 23. 

DEFECTS in the means of heating or ventilating to be reported, 1Q, 

DIFFICULTIES in school, 20. 

DIPLOMAS, 13, 30. 

DISCIPLINE, of a parental character, 20, 27. 

DISMISSAL, 20. 

DUTIES of the Chairman, 6. 

Secretary, 7. 

Standing Committees, 7 to 9. 

of Sub, 9. 

members, 9. 

Superintendent, 10 to 13. 

teachers, 14 to 26. 

ELECTION of Vice Chairman and Secretary, 5. 

Superintendent, 10. 

teachers, 15. 
EXAMINATIONS of schools, 24. 

of candidates for admission to Grammar School, 28. 

of candidates for admission to High School, 29. 
EXAMINE bills by the Superintendent and Committee on Accounts, 12 

candidates from Primary for Grammar by Superintendent, 12. 
EXERCISES, general, in Primary and Grammar, 22. 

order of, 24. 

physical, required at each session, 24, 

neglect to prepare order of, to be reported, 24. 

in Primary Schools, 27. 
EXPENSE per scholar to be computed by Superintendent, 12. 
EXPULSION by the Board, 21. 
EVENING SCHOOLS, 32. 

GENERAL STATUTES, chap. 38, sec. 10 : 25. 
GEOGRAPHY, how to be taught, 22, 27. 

of Lowell, Middlesex County and Massachusetts, 23. 
GRADES of schools, 27. 
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, 28. 

qualifications for admission to, 28. 

time of admission to, 28. 

studies in, 28. 



44 INDEX. 

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, {Continued). 

punctuality of scholars in, 28. 

absence from, 28. 

number of scholars in departments of, 28. 

assistants in, 28. 

principal of, 28. 

changes from room to room in, 29. 
GYMNASTICS, when the room is cold, 19. 

to be practiced in all the schools, 24. 

HEATING, attention paid4o, 19. 

HIGH SCHOOL, qualification for admission to, 29. 

examination for admission to, 29. 

standard of admission to, 29. 

rank of each candidate for, 29. 

time to enter, 29. 

order and arrangement of, 30. 

absence of scholar from, 30. 

connection with, retained, 30. 

term of attendance in, 31. 

studies pursued in, 31. 
HISTORY, method of teaching, 22. 

of Lowell, &c, 23. 
HOURS, school, 14. 

pupils detained after school, 14. 

LANGUAGE. Close attention to the language used by pupils, 23. 

LIST OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 37. 

LOWELL, geography, history and general affairs of to be taught, 23. 

MASSACHUSETTS, geography of to be taught, 23. 
MAP-DRAWING, 22. 

MEDALS, Carney, to be procured by Superintendent, 13. 
MEETINGS of the Committee, regular and special, 5. 
MEMBERS of the Committee, 3. 

duties of, 9. 
MEMBERSHIP, school, rules relating to, 16. 
METHODS OF TEACHING geography, history, &c, 22. 

NEATNESS of school rooms, 18. 

NEGLECT to prepare Order of Exercises to be reported, 24. 



INDEX. 45 

NON-RESIDENTS, facts in respect to, to be reported by Superintendent, 12. 

certificate from the Superintendent to be presented and tuition paid before 
admission, 19, 

admitted to school by vote of Committee, 17. 

amount of tuition to be paid by, 18. 
NOTICES, public, not to be given in school, 21. 

OFFICE and office hours, 10. 
OFFICER, truant, 11. 
ORDER of business, 6. 
ORGANIZATION of the Committee, 5. 

PENMANSHIP, teacher of, 15. 
PHYSICAL EXERCISES, 19, 24. 
PRIMARY SCHOOLS, 27. 
PRINCIPAL, duty of, 28, 30. 

PRIVATE SCHOOLS, teachers not to keep before 6 o'clock, P. M., 15. 
PUNCTUALITY of teachers, 19. 
of scholars, 28. 

QUORUM, what constitutes, 6. 
QUALIFICATIONS for admission to Grammar, 28. 
for admission to High, 29. 

RANK, how determined, 29. 

RE-ADMISSION, on probation, 21. 

RECESS, at middle of session, 20. 

RECORD, weekly, 16. 

REGISTER, school, 16. 

REGULATIONS, Superintendent to see them carried into effect. 10. 

teachers to keep and study, 26. 
REMOVAL of teachers by the Board, 15. 

of scholars, from one school to another, 18. 
REPORTS, Committee on, 5 and 8. 

annual, by Superintendent, 12. 

teachers to make, to Superintendent, 15. 
REPAIRS, slight, 12. 
RESTORATION to school, 21. 
RETURNS, school, 7. 

ROOMS, school, under care of teachers, 18. « 

RULES of legislative assemblies, observed by Chairman, 6. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS, how amended, 32. 



46 INDEX. 

SALARIES, 5, 8, 15, 33. 
SCHOOL, applicants for, 8, 11. 

difficulties in, 20. 

evening, 32. 

grades of, 27. 

Grammar, 28, 35. 

High, 29, 35. 

hours of, 14. 

houses, 5, 8, 12, 18. 

teachers may visit, 25. 

membership, 16. 

Primary, 27, 35. 

private, teachers not to keep, 15. 

register, 16. 

returns, 7. 

rooms and premises, 18, 19. 

year, 14. 
SCHOLARS, transfer of, 12. 

average expense of, 12. 

non-resident, 12. 

record, &c, of, 16. 

out of school hours, 18. 

removal of, to another school, 18. 

not allowed to leave school, &c, 20. 

cleanliness of, 25. 
SECRETARY, 5. 

duties of, 7. 
STANDARD to enter High School, 29. 
STANDING COMMITTEES, 3, 5, 7. 
STATUTES, General, chap. 38, sec. 10, 26. 
STUDIES authorized by the Board, 24. 

in Primary Schools, 27. 

in Grammar Schools, 28. 

in High School, 31. 

in Evening Schools, 32. 
SUB- COMMITTEE, 9, 32. 
SUPERINTENDENT, 3. 

elected by ballot, 1 0. 

office and office-hours of, 10. 

duties of, 10 to 13, 



INDEX. 



47 



SUPERINTENDENT, {Continued). 

see to books and studies, 10. 
equalize numbers in schools, 11. 

transfer scholars, 11. 

shall take cognizance of truancy, and the illegal employment of children in 

manufacturing corporations, 11. 

make an annual report, 12. 

» 
receive and bills, 12. 

ascertain! res] 3t to non-resident pupils, 12. 

exami: 1 for Gi trnm i Schools, 12. 

keep V : , 12. 

proc 13. 

SUSPENSION of scholars from school, 20. 
TABLES of the school, 35, 33. 
TEACHERS, Committee en, 5, 7. 

Committee on, examine in February, 8. 

certificates to, 8. 

duties of, 15 to 23. 

election of, in July or August, 15. 

pay of, when elected in December, 15. 

responsible to the Board, 15. 

removal of, 15. 

of Penmanship, 15. 

not to keep private school, 15. 

not to act as book-agents, 15. 

to make reports to Superintendent, 15. 

to make annual report, 16. 

shall keep a weekly record, 16. 

shall keep a register, 13. 

shall observe the " Hulas relating to school membership," 16, 

desiring to be absent, shall apply to Sub-Committee, 17. 

shall receive applicants, 17. 

shall require children of non-residents to present a certificate from Superin- 
tendent, 17. 

shall not receive nor continue children of non-residents without certificate, 17 

require from children certificate of vaccination, 18. 

shall sign certificate of removal, 18. 

shall preserve certificates, 18. 

shall have the care of scholars out of school, 18. 

held responsible for the neatness of their school rooms, 18. 



48 



INDEX. 



TEACHERS, (Continued). 

shall pay attention to heating and ventilation, 19. 
to be punctual, 19. 

open school rooms ten minutes before the commencement of each session, 20. 
shall give recess in the middle of the session, 20. 
shall exercise parental discipline, 20. 
may suspend for truancy, 20. 
shall not give any public notice, &c, 21. 

shall try to induce parents to supply their children with books, 21. 
shall introduce daily general exercises, 22. 
shall pay close attention to the language of pupils, 23. 

shall teach Geography, &c, of Lowell, Middlesex County and Massachu- 
setts, 23. 
shall prepare an " Order of Exercises," 24. 
shall use none but the books prescribed, 24. 
shall have gymnastics every session, 24. 
may visit schools, 25. 
shall record visits of the Committee, &c, 25. 
shall pay attention to the cleanliness of pupils, 25. 

shall pay particular attention to duties enjoined in sec. 10, chap. 38, of Gen- 
eral Statutes, 25. 
shall keep and study Regulations, 26. 
table of, 35, 36. 

TERMS, 14. 

TIME of admission to Grammar Schools, 29. 

of admission to High School, 30. 
TRANSFER of scholars, 11. 
TRUANCY, scholars may be suspended for, 20. 
TRUANTS, 11. 
TUITION to be paid by non-residents, 17, 18. 

VACATIONS, 14. 

VACCINATION, certificate of required, 18. 

VENTILATION, 19. 

VISIT, teachers may visit, 24. 

to be recorded, 25. 
VOTING not allowed in school, 21. 



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